Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2023-08-07

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Aug 7
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
416 head
63 vs last sale 353 75 vs year ago 341 · +22.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
14 vs last sale 92 33 vs year ago 45 · +73.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
38 vs last sale 44 45 vs year ago 51 · 88.2%
Also sold hereFeeder and Replacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $221.22/cwt on 131 head.
Average price
$221.22
131 head · 504 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,114
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$2
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.12
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1425240.001,0202thin
Medium and Large 2510222.621,134108
Medium and Large 3482212.241,02221
One grade step is worth $27.76/cwt here — about −$2 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale131 hd
221.22
AL average11 barns · 1,190 hd
221.11
+0.12
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,314116.961,5374thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,381103.331,4278thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,107101.201,12121
CowsLean 85-90%Low94994.0489223

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$8732thin

Every lot, as filed

53 lots · USDA AMS · Coffee County Stockyards - New Brockton, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1418278.87/cwt275.00–285.001,1663
BullsMedium and Large 1477255.67/cwt255.00–257.001,2203
BullsMedium and Large 2625213.91/cwt210.00–217.001,33711
BullsMedium and Large 2775185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4343
BullsMedium and Large 2514233.02/cwt227.00–237.001,1989
BullsMedium and Large 2577223.99/cwt222.00–225.001,2923
HeifersMedium and Large 2373234.48/cwt230.00–240.008756
SteersMedium and Large 2520237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,2325
SteersMedium and Large 1526248.75/cwt247.00–250.001,30820
SteersMedium and Large 2582235.06/cwt228.00–236.001,36819
SteersMedium and Large 2681221.57/cwt217.00–225.001,5097
SteersMedium and Large 2478246.84/cwt242.00–252.001,1806
HeifersMedium and Large 2688204.69/cwt204.00–207.001,4087
SteersMedium and Large 3418243.51/cwt242.00–245.001,0182
SteersMedium and Large 3525227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,1922
SteersMedium and Large 2382287.76/cwt280.00–290.001,0996
SteersMedium and Large 2320290.16/cwt285.00–295.009292
SteersMedium and Large 2625225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4062
HeifersMedium and Large 2426232.05/cwt227.00–237.0098916
SteersMedium and Large 1375299.29/cwt295.00–305.001,1227
SteersMedium and Large 1675231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,5592
SteersMedium and Large 1482255.69/cwt255.00–257.001,2323
SteersMedium and Large 1325315.00/cwt310.00–320.001,0246
SteersMedium and Large 1425280.71/cwt275.00–285.001,1937
HeifersMedium and Large 2475224.33/cwt220.00–230.001,06615
HeifersMedium and Large 2586215.47/cwt212.00–217.001,26316
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58597.62/cwt95.00–100.001,5472
CowsLean 85-90%92989.13/cwt86.00–91.0082810
CowsLean 85-90%993100.04/cwt98.00–103.009938
CowsLean 85-90%91894.27/cwt92.00–97.008655
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,313105.23/cwt104.00–107.001,3826
CowsBoner 80-85%1,089107.20/cwt106.00–109.001,1675
CowsBoner 80-85%1,117101.01/cwt99.00–104.001,12812
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10194.27/cwt93.00–97.001,0384
Bulls1,188113.00/cwt111.00–115.001,3422
Bulls1,440120.92/cwt117.00–123.001,7412
Bred CowsSmall 1-2872.50/head845.00–900.008732
BullsMedium and Large 3580213.30/cwt210.00–215.001,2373
BullsMedium and Large 3618201.45/cwt197.00–206.001,2452
BullsMedium and Large 2723195.01/cwt191.00–196.001,4105
BullsMedium and Large 3486228.47/cwt225.00–232.001,1104
BullsMedium and Large 2438264.96/cwt260.00–270.001,1613
BullsMedium and Large 2474240.36/cwt237.00–247.001,1398
HeifersMedium and Large 3375223.04/cwt217.00–227.008363
HeifersMedium and Large 3527207.61/cwt200.00–212.001,09413
HeifersMedium and Large 3330228.07/cwt225.00–232.007533
HeifersMedium and Large 3573202.42/cwt200.00–205.001,1602
BullsMedium and Large 3525221.04/cwt217.00–225.001,1602
HeifersMedium and Large 2327240.83/cwt235.00–245.007887
HeifersMedium and Large 2720195.51/cwt195.00–196.001,4082
HeifersMedium and Large 1425240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0202
HeifersMedium and Large 2625211.98/cwt211.00–213.001,3252
HeifersMedium and Large 2532221.01/cwt216.00–225.001,17637

How this sale compares

Alabama weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Alabama auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.